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Montgomery Police Announce Arrests in Two Summer Killings as City Records 55th Homicide

Detectives seek tips in the death of 15-year-old Tyrell Foster at a Fairground Road store.

Overview

  • A juvenile boy has been charged in the June 20 shooting that killed 13-year-old Diamond Moore as she slept, and he is being held in the Montgomery County Youth Detention Facility.
  • Police say shots fired from outside Moore’s Greensboro Court home went through a window, and investigators have not released a motive.
  • Lequinton Smith, 37, is charged with murder in the July 16 killing of Eric Major and with attempted murder of a second man wounded on East Sixth Street.
  • Smith was booked into the Montgomery County Detention Facility, and authorities have not disclosed additional details about the July case.
  • Police identified Tyrell Foster as the teen killed at the Partners Market on Nov. 17, counted as Montgomery’s 55th homicide of 2025, and urged tips to Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP or detectives at 334-625-2831.